Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

The priests' feet

Leave them

General references

Bible References

The priests' feet

Joshua 3:13
When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the Jordan’s waters, its waters will be cut off. The water flowing downstream will stand up in a mass.”

Leave them

Joshua 4:8
The Israelites did just as Joshua had commanded them. The 12 men took stones from the middle of the Jordan, one for each of the Israelite tribes, just as the Lord had told Joshua. They carried them to the camp and set them down there.

General references

Joshua 4:20
Then Joshua set up in Gilgal the 12 stones they had taken from the Jordan,

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